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“I’ve not used their stories particularly. The songs are based on the emotions they expressed and different stories have evolved from them.

“One story was told to us by a taxi driver who used to be a long haul truck driver delivering packages.

“She would take crystal meth and drive for days without sleeping but one day she said she blacked out and woke up one month later in a strip club. She has this really bad feeling that she killed someone but she will never be able to find out what happened. She never found her truck either.”

The process of the album’s creation was starkly different from Glass Animal’s first.

“It has been the opposite.

“On the first we started off with beats but on this one we started with lyrics and melodies.

“I don’t listen to music when I’m recording because it allows me to be creative with the sound without accidentally copying something I’ve heard.

“After we finished I felt bad that I was so behind with music. I had to catch up on new albums by Beyonce, Kanye and Radiohead, which I’ve still not heard in full.”

Like their first, hip-hop beats are woven through the album–a nod to Dave’s love of the genre.

“I used to listen to what was on the radio like Doctor Dre, Timberland and Missy Elliot, who I’m a huge fan of.

“Then I got into the classic groups like A Tribe Called Quest and Biggie Smalls. Now I like modern hip hop producers like Ben Staples, DJ Dahi and Kendrick Lamar.”